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Near unanimous support for strike, New Yorker Union says

Contract expired last month

BY DUNCAN FREEMAN
Posted 8/9/24

As the expiration date of the first-ever union contract for staffers at The New Yorker approached last month, the union’s leadership sent out a survey to the unit’s 102 members to gauge how many would be willing to do whatever it takes, including striking, to secure a strong successor agreement.

The staffers' first contract, finalized over the summer of 2021, took nearly three years to negotiate, and the workers learned from that process that only a credible strike threat could get them the agreement they sought. 

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